Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan distributes Letter of Intents to 12 successful entities for 50 Geographical Areas  under the 10th CGD Bidding Round
Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today distributed the Letter of Intents  to 12 successful entities for 50 Geographical Areas  under the 10th CGD Bidding Round, recently awarded by PNGRB. Thiswill heraldnew era with respect tothe availability of convenient, environment-friendly and cheaper natural gas tomore than 70 % of the country’s population, spread across 27 States and Union Territoriesupto10th round.Over 2 crore PNG connections are envisaged to be provided by these entities, and 3,578 CNG stations will be put up in the area. The list of winning entities and the Gas are given in the Annexure.
As per provisions of the CGD Authorisation Regulations, authorization shall be granted to the successful bidders after receipt of the requisite PerformanceBankGuaranteefromtheconcernedentitieswithinspecifiedperiod of 30 days. Entity-wise details of successful bidders are given below:-
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S.No
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Name of Bidder
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Number of Geographical Areas
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1
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Adani Gas Limited
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2
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2
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Bharat Gas Resources Limited
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2
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3
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Consortium of LNG Marketing Pte. Ltd. & Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc.
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9
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4
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Consortium of Think Gas Investments Pte. Ltd & Think Gas Distribution Pvt. Ltd.
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1
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5
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GAIL Gas Limited
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4
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6
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Gujarat Gas Limited
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6
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7
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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
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9
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8
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Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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9
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9
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Indian Oil Adani Gas Private Limited
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1
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10
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Indraprastha Gas Limited
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3
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11
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Rajasthan State Gas Limited
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1
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12
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Torrent Gas Private Limited
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3
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pradhan said that Indian oil and gas market, helped by progressive and conducive policy environment, have become mature and lucrative. Two international entities have bid in the 10th round and won 10 GAs. He said that the Present Government has been able to achieve historic and unprecedented results, within the same system and resources. He said that within 5 years, the coverage of City distribution area has gone up from 20% of population to 70%. He said that there is large potential in the CGD business, as we are exploring the use of LNG in heavy commercial vehicles, use of gas in steel and other industries. The Minister said the availability of cheap, clean and convenient gas will safeguard our poor from diseases. Congratulating the PNGRB for its proactive role in bringing more areas under the CGD, and completing the process in the record time, he said that besides certain small states/ UTs, big states like Haryana, Gujarat and Punjab will now be fully covered under the CGD.
10th CGDBidding Round
Encouraged with the enthusiastic participation by the industry in the 9th CGD Bidding Round and recognising the need of the country to create infrastructure for distribution of natural gas in various parts of India, PNGRB initiated the 10th CGD Bidding Round on 8.11.2018 which was formally launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 22.11.2018 at VigyanBhavan, New Delhi. 10th round covered 50 Geographical Areas  spread over 14 states and 124 districts , covering 24% of India’s population and 18% of its area.
The e-bidding process was initiated on 8th November, 2018, with last date for bid submission as 5th February, 2019. The bid evaluation for all 50 GAs has been completed in record period of 3 weeks. After this round, 70% of India’s Population, 52% of Area, 402 districts spread over 27 states and union territories and the states of Delhi, Gujarat, Goa, Punjab, Haryana and Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Chandigarh would be fully covered with CGD.
Why Natural Gas
Natural gas is a superior fuel as compared with coal and other liquid fuels being an environment friendly, safer and cheaper fuel.Natural Gas is supplied through pipelines just like one gets water from the tap. There is no need to store cylinders in the kitchen and thus saves space. As per WHO database released in May 2018, India has 14 out of 15 world’s most polluted cities in terms of PM2.5 concentration.Large number of industries also consume polluting fuels like pet coke and furnace oil which emit polluting CO2. Some of the courts recently ordered for banning use of pet coke in states within their jurisdiction.
Natural Gas  is cheaper by 60% as compared with petrol and 45 % w.r.t. Diesel. Similarly, Natural Gas  is cheaper by 40 % as compared with market price LPG and price of PNG almost matches with that of subsidised LPG . An autorickshaw owner can save Rs. 7000-8000 on his monthly fuel bill by conversion from petrol to CNG. Thus, even on cost front as well, natural gas is preferable to petrol, diesel and LPG.YB
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Annexure
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Successful Bidder-wise list of GAs under 10thCGD Bidding Round
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Entity
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Geographical Area
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State
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Adani Gas Limited
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Anuppur, Bilaspur and Korba Districts
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Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
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Jhansi  District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur andDatia
Districts
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Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
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Bharat Gas Resources Limited
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Chatra and Palamu Districts
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Jharkhand
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Sidhi and Singrauli Districts
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Madhya Pradesh
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Consortium of AG&P LNG
Marketing Pte Ltd. & Atlantic Gulf & Pacific
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Anantapur and YSR  Districts
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Andhra Pradesh
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Sri PottiSriramulu Nellore District
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Andhra Pradesh
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Chittoor, Kolar and Vellore Districts
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Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
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Bagalkot, Koppal and Raichur Districts
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Karnataka
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Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu Districts
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Karnataka
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Kalaburagi and Vijayapura Districts
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Karnataka
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Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Districts
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Karnataka
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Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Shivamogga Districts
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Karnataka
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Alapuzzha, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram Districts
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Kerala
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Consortium of Think Gas DistributionPvt.
Ltd. & Think Gas Investment Pte. Ltd.
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Shivpuri District
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Madhya Pradesh
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GAIL Gas Limited
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Seraikela-Kharsawan District
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Jharkhand
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West Singhbhum District
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Jharkhand
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Raisen, Shajapur and Sehore Districts
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Madhya Pradesh
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Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Gujarat Gas Limited
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Sirsa, Fatehabad and Mansa  Districts
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Haryana and Punjab
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Ujjain  District, Dewas  District and Indore (Except
area already authorized) District
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Madhya Pradesh
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Jhabua, Banswara, Ratlam and Dungarpur Districts
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Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
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Ferozepur, Faridkot and Sri Muktsar Sahib Districts
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Punjab
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Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur Districts
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Punjab
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Jalore and Sirohi Districts
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Rajasthan
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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
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Bareilly  District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Bijnor and Nainital Districts
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Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
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Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Uttar Dinajpur Districts
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West Bengal
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Howrah  District and Hoogly (Except Area already
authorized) District
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West Bengal
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Nadia  District and North 24 Parganas (Except
Area already authorized) District
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West Bengal
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South 24 Parganas  District
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West Bengal
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Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Kishanganj Districts
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Bihar
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Arwal, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Buxar
Districts
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Bihar
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Khagaria, Saharsa and Madhepura Districts
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Bihar
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Lakhisarai, Munger and Bhagalpur Districts
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Bihar
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Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Saran and
Samastipur Districts
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Bihar
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Nawada and Koderma Districts
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Bihar and Jharkhand
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Sheikhpura, Jamui and Deoghar Districts
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Bihar and Jharkhand
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Ashoknagar District
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Madhya Pradesh
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Morena District
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Madhya Pradesh
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IndianOil-Adani Gas Private Limited
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Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Indraprastha Gas Limited
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Kaithal District
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Haryana
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Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand Districts
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Rajasthan
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Kanpur  District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Rajasthan State Gas
Limited
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Gwalior 
District and Sheopur District
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Madhya Pradesh
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Torrent Gas Private Limited
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Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Basti and Ambedkarnagar Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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Gonda and Barabanki Districts
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Uttar Pradesh
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